John Ekas

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Husband John Ekas ^{1 2}

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1 M Jacob Ekas ¹

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2 M John Ekas ¹

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3 M Joseph Ekas ¹

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4 M Adam Ekas ¹

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5 M Thomas Ekas ¹

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6 M Henry Ekas ¹

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7 F Elizabeth Ekas ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Fleming (      -      ) 1

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8 F Sarah Ekas ¹

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         Spouse: William Barker (Abt 1810-      ) 4

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9 F Polly Ekas ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Lafevre (      -      ) 1

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10 F Barbara Ekas ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Cooper (      -      ) 1

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11 F Susan Ekas ^{2 5}

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            AKA: Susannah Ekas 1
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         Spouse: Robert Harbison (1807-1874) 5 6 7 8
           Marr: Abt 1847

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12 F Catharine Ekas ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Strawig (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Ekas

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He settled in Buffalo township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1818.
The Ekas family came to Butler County with a wagon and four horses. The wagon was the first that appeared in the neighborhood, and was brought there with much difficulty. The turnpike over the mountains was then just building, and the route was in a very bad condition. They were eight or nine days coming 100 miles. John Ekas was the father of nine children, three of whom were born in Butler County. [But the source then proceeds to name twelve children.]

The Ekases were famous for their hunting exploits, and many wolves yielded their scalps. At one time they killed a she wolf and nine young ones in a den on Smith's Creek. First, a number of shots were fired into the den, but of course it was impossible to know what they had effected. Finally, Jacob volunteered to go in and investigate. He crawled into the narrow opening between two rocks, felt his way along, and, putting his hand on the old wolf, found that she moved not. Supposing she had moved? The place was so confined that he could not turn around, but was obliged to crawl out backward, until those outside could get hold of his heels and pull him out. Another time, they received $57 bounty at one time, the scalp of an old wolf bringing $8, and that of a young one, half as much.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 257.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 907.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 259.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 257, 259.

5 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 71.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 284.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 906.

8 Walter Lysander Moser, John Moser and Some of His Descendants (Privately Printed, 1971), Pg 57.